Internet Download Manager (IDM) is a tool to increase download speeds by up to 5 times, resume and schedule downloads. Comprehensive error recovery and resume capability will restart broken or interrupted downloads due to lost connections, network problems, computer shutdowns, or unexpected power outages. Version 6 adds IDM download panel for web-players that can be used to download flash videos from sites like YouTube, MySpaceTV, and Google Videos. It also features complete Windows 7 and Vista support, YouTube grabber, redeveloped scheduler, and MMS protocol support.
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Added a feature to select a group of files in main IDM list and change their storage folder
Fixed several problems with erroneous interceptions of videos
Improved the logic of "Download this video" panel
Fixed bugs

What's new in version 6.21 Build 3

(Released: Aug 11, 2014)

Added a feature to search downloads in IDM list
Added high DPI support for Google chrome extension
Fixed bugs

Fixed an erroneous interception of attendant content in Google Docs
Fixed a critical bug when saving and resuming several types of videos
Fixed a bug in the recognition of several types of videos in Google Chrome

Added support for High DPI settings
Added a feature to take over https downloads in Google Chrome
Added a feature to show download this video/audio panel for https videos in Google Chrome
Resolved problems with downloading videos from several sites
Fixed bugs

What's new in version 6.17 Build 11

(Released: Sep 18, 2013)

Added support for Firefox 26 and SeaMonkey 2.21
Resolved problems with downloading videos from several sites
Fixed errors during file assembling, missing file errors, problems with non-playing videos, or videos without a sound when taking over downloading of videos in Google Chrome
Fixed other bugs

What's new in version 6.17 Build 9

(Released: Sep 13, 2013)

Resolved problems with downloading videos from several sites
Fixed bugs

Fixed a bug when taking over downloads from Google Chrome
Fixed compatibility issue with Sling Media Player

What's new in version 6.12 Final Build 20?

(Released: Sep 26, 2012)

Fixed a bug in Chrome integration module. After IDM update, you will need to restart Google Chrome.

What's new in version 6.12 Final Build 19?

(Released: Sep 25, 2012)

Fixed a critical bug

What's new in version 6.12 Final Build 18?

(Released: Sep 20, 2012)

Fixed bugs when downloading youtube videos in Chrome browser
Fixed an erroneous interception of video from web-players in Google Chrome browser. After IDM update you will need to restart Google Chrome and agree with the installation of "IDM Integration" extension.

What's new in version 6.12 Beta Build 17

(Released: Sep 13, 2012)

Added Google Chrome extension (beta version). After IDM update you will need to restart Google Chrome and agree with the installation of "IDM Integration" extension.
Fixed an erroneous interception of video from web-players in Google Chrome browser.

What's new in version 6.12 Beta Build 16?

(Released: Sep 11, 2012)

Fixed an erroneous interception of video from web-players in Chrome.

What's new in version 6.12 Final build 15?

(Released: Sep 05, 2012)

Added support for Firefox 17
Added support for Seamonkey 2.12 and 2.13
Fixed bugs

What's new in version 6.12 Final build 12?

(Released: Aug 31, 2012)

Fixed bugs

What's new in version 6.12 Final build 11?

(Released: Aug 28, 2012)

Improved youtube video downloading

What's new in version 6.12 Final build 10?

(Released: Aug 23, 2012)

Added support for Firefox 16
Added a feature to set file creation date as provided by the server (IDM Options->Save To)
Fixed an erroneous interception of attendant content of web pages in Chrome
Added the possibility to translate text for IDM installer and IDM uninstaller
Redeveloped file integrity verification during resume.
Improved resume capability after power outages.
Redeveloped IDM integration into IE.
Optimized IE integration module and improved its speed performance.
Added support of IDM download panel to Google Frame installed into IE.
Improved integration into IE based browsers like AOL, MSN, etc..
Added support for SeaMonkey 2.10.
Added support for new version of Adobe Flash Player
Improved support of several web players.
Made a workaround for bugs in a new Outpost firewall.
Fixed bugs

Added support for Firefox 16
Revised the feature to set file creation date as provided by the server. Now IDM additionally sets file modification time equal to file creation time

What's new in version 6.12 beta build 5?
(Released: Jul 16, 2012)

Added a feature to set file creation date as provided by the server (IDM Options->Save To)
Fixed an erroneous interception of attendant content of web pages in Chrome

What's new in version 6.12 beta build 3?
(Released: Jul 09, 2012)

Fixed bugs

What's new in version 6.12 beta build 2?
(Released: Jul 06, 2012)

Added support for new version of Adobe Flash Player

What's new in version 6.12 beta?
(Released: Jun 18, 2012)

Redeveloped file integrity verification during resume
Improved resume capability after power outages
Redeveloped IDM integration into IE
Optimized IE integration module and improved its speed performance
Added support of IDM download panel to Google Frame installed into IE
Improved integration into IE based browsers like AOL, MSN, etc.
Added support for SeaMonkey 2.10
Improved support of several web players
Made a workaround for bugs in a new Outpost firewall

What's new in version 6.11 build 8?
(Released: Jun 07, 2012)

Added support for Firefox 15

What's new in version 6.11 build 7?
(Released: May 02, 2012)

Fixed a bug in integration module for IE
Added support for Firefox 14
Added support for SeaMonkey 2.9

Added support for new domain names of filesonic site
Added digest authorization for web sites
Fixed bugs

What's new in version 6.07 build 12?
(Released: Oct 01, 2011)

Added support for Firefox 8
Improved video discovery on youtube

What's new in version 6.07 build 11?
(Released: Sep 15, 2011)

Added video stream recognition for several new web players
Fxied a critical bug in 64bit versions of Windows

What's new in version 6.07 build 10?
(Released: Sep 08, 2011)

Resolved the problem with expiration of download links on youtube. Fixed automatic updating of download addresses
Added digest authentication for proxy authorization
Added rtmp resume for many sites where IDM could not resume in the past
Improved downloading for the sites which generate temporary download links

What's new in version 6.07 build 9?
(Released: Aug 29, 2011)

Added support for Firefox 7
Fixed bugs

What's new in version 6.07 build 7?
(Released: Aug 01, 2011)

Enhanced "Speed Limiter". Added the feature to set an individual limit for every download
Redesigned "Download progress" dialog, added new tabs and the possibility to disable tabs that are not necessary for you
Fixed bugs

What's new in version 6.07 build 5?
(Released: Jul 18, 2011)

Added support for Firefox 6
Fixed bugs

What's new in version 6.07 build 3?
(Released: Jul 14, 2011)

Enhanced "start download" dialog
Fixed bugs

What's new in version 6.07 ?

(Released: Jul 07, 2011)

Added additional options on "Download progress" dialog
Made a workaround for odd characters in file names when downloading from youtube
Fixed bugs

What's new in version 6.06 build 8?

(Released: Jun 23, 2011)

Added support for Firefox 5
Resolved problems with foreign versions of Windows when a username contains hieroglyphs or other Unicode characters
Advanced browser integration has been significantly amended. Improved automatic interception of downloads, enhanced video stream detection in Chrome, Opera and in other browsers which are integrated with network driver
Fixed bugs

Fixed compatibility problems with all major browsers including Google Chrome.
Added IDM video download panel for all major browsers
Improved FLV grabber to save videos from web players on YouTube, Google Video, MySpace TV, and other popular sites

What's new in version 5.19 build 3?

(Released: May 26, 2010)

Improved Windows 7 compatibility
Fixed bugs

What's new in version 5.19 build 2?

(Released: Apr 29, 2010)

Fixed bugs

What's new in version 5.19?

(Released: Apr 27, 2010)

Fixed a security vulnerability
Added "Download panel" for selected links on a web-page

What's new in version 5.18 build 8?

(Released: Jan 25, 2010)

Fixed several bugs

What's new in version 5.18 build 5?

(Released: Nov 11, 2009)

Added Windows 7 support
Fixed critical bugs

What's new in version 5.18 build 4?

(Released: Oct 15, 2009)

We have added these features in response to IDM user requests.

Added automatic interception of downloads for various file hosting web sites
Fixed Windows 98 compatibility problems started from 5.18 build 1, introduced by processing of site names in foreign languages

What's new in version 5.18 build 3?

(Released: Sep 16, 2009)

Fixed a critical security vulnerability
Added the ability to get back using old IDM triangle icon in system tray. The icon can be returned by using "View->IDM tray icon->Classic style" menu item

Completely remade the logic of download resume feature and added the possibility to resume downloads for sites that use temporary download addresses or when download addresses expire
Added the possibility to select a queue when you press on OK button on "Download all links with IDM" dialog and when you press on "Download Later" button on "Download file info" (start download) dialog
Added a link to the page where download was taken over from a browser to "File Properties" dialog
Made many other small improvements and fixed all known bugs

What's new in version 5.15 build 6?

(Released: Jan 22, 2009)

Added IDM download panel to IE web-players based on Microsoft Silverlight component
Fixed a bug with "Download with IDM" in IE and Firefox when selected links had spaces in Internet addresses
Improved recognition of mp3 music in Flash player
Added support for Google Chrome 2
Fixed other bugs

What's new in version 5.15 build 5?

(Released: Dec 23, 2008)

Fixed several critical bugs

What's new in version 5.15 build 4?

(Released: Dec 17, 2008)

Fixed a bug with erroneous interceptions of downloads from myspace.com
Added support for AOL Desktop 10 browser
Added play list support to IDM Download panel for Windows Media Player ActiveX
Added IDM Download panel to browsers for RealPlayer ActiveX

What's new in version 5.15 build 3?

(Released: Dec 04, 2008)

Fixed critical bugs
Resolved several compatibility issues on Windows Vista
Added full support for Firefox 3.1 and Firefox 3.2

What's new in version 5.15 build 2?

(Released: Nov 24, 2008)

Added workarounds for the sites where IDM had download problems
Resolved several issues related to taking over downloads on Windows Vista
Fixed bugs with "Download with IDM" menu on Firefox 3.x
Version 5.15 build 2 includes all latest bug fixes

What's new in version 5.15?

(Released: Oct 28, 2008)

Added IDM Download Panel for Firefox and other Mozilla based browsers that appears on top of a web-player when IDM detects a multimedia request from the web-player. IDM download panel is used to download and save audio and video files that are played by the web player. It can be used to download flash videos from sites like YouTube, MySpaceTV, Google Videos, etc.
Made a workaround for a problem with downloading attachments from different yahoo servers
Enhanced processing of downloads for different types of servers

Improved the interception of downloads on some sites in IE
Resolved the compatibility problems between IDM Download Panel and several 3rd party IE Add-ons

What's new in version 5.14 build 3?

(Released: July 29, 2008)

Fixed critical bug
Added IDM Download panel for IE web players based on Windows Media Player. The panel works the same as for Flash based web-players.
Added the button and the dialog to add additional file types which should be taken over by IDM from web-players

What's new in version 5.14?

(Released: July 14, 2008)

Added IDM Download Panel for IE and IE based browsers that appears on top of a web-player when IDM detects a multimedia request from the web-player. IDM download panel is used to download and save audio and video files that are played by the web player. It can be used to download flash videos from sites like YouTube, MySpaceTV, Google Videos, etc.
Redeveloped from scratch and completely replaced IDM integration modules for IE and IE based browsers on more stable ones. Note that previous IDM integration modules were designed for IE 5.0 and were getting obsolete. The new modules also fix problems with "Download with IDM" feature
Added an option to start IDM download queues on IDM startup
Made workarounds to download files from several problem sites

What's new in version 5.12 build 11?

(Released: May 12, 2008)

Fixed a bug with several https servers
Improved file name creation logic to save on a disk and to display on "Download progress" dialog

What's new in version 5.12 build 10?

(Released: May 05, 2008)

Fixed bugs with downloading files from some download sites like speedyshare.com
Fixed bugs when forming file names to save on a local disk

What's new in version 5.12 build 9?

(Released: Apr 28, 2008)

Made a workaround for download problems on mediafire.com site
Fixed a bug with capturing ftp links in Firefox 3.0
Added support for Firefox 4.0a

Improved FLV video grabber in Internet Explorer. Now IDM retrieves all FLV video links from IE.
Improved "Download all links with IDM" feature. Now IDM checks and determines file types with better accuracy.
Fixed a bug with site exceptions which should not be taken over by IDM in Internet Explorer.

What's new in version 5.12 build 4?

(Released: Jan 10, 2008)

Fixed the problem with "Download with IDM" feature in Firefox when download link is not a text, but a picture
Fixed a bug with using special keys to prevent downloading with IDM in Internet Explorer
Fixed erroneous interception of downloads from a browser which look like suitable for downloading with IDM but in fact they are pictures for example.

What's new in version 5.12?

(Released: Dec 20, 2007)

Added "Speed Limiter" feature to limit download speed

What's new in version 5.11 build 10 ?

(Released: Dec 11, 2007)

Made a workaround to resolve conflicts between IDM IE integration and several 3rd party IE Add-ons like RealPlayer 11

What's new in version 5.11 build 9 ?

(Released: Dec 4, 2007)

Changed "Download progress" dialog appearance for Windows Vista Aero theme to show "Minimize to system tray" button correctly
Added a feature allowing to use patterns with wildcards (*) in the list of Internet addresses which IDM should not take over from browsers

What's new in version 5.11 build 8 ?

(Released: Oct 10, 2007)

Added a button on "Download file info" dialog to create a new category

What's new in version 5.11 build 7 ?

(Released: Sep 28, 2007)

Added the button and the dialog to IDM "Options/General" tab to customize browser context menu items for Firefox, Internet Explorer, and other Mozilla and IE based browsers
Added an additional menu item to the context menu of Internet Explorer to download FLV videos from 10 last requested
Added the possibility to translate IDM browser context menu items to foreign languages

What's new in version 5.11 build 6 ?

(Released: Sep 10, 2007)

Improved the interception of FLV video downloads from YouTube and other sites
Fixed compatibility problems with several IE add-ons

What's new in version 5.11 build 5 ?

(Released: Jul 27, 2007)

IDM checks and runs the installation process if necessary to re-install "IDM CC" extension for Firefox and other Mozilla based browsers

Added the feature to download and save FLV video files from popular sites like YouTube, MySpaceTV, Google Video, etc. If you like a video that is playing from these sites and you would like to save it on your computer, you may grab it with IDM from Internet Explorer. You may get more information on IDM YouTube grabber page
Version 5.11 build 3 includes all latest bug fixes

What's new in version 5.11 ?

(Released: Jun 21, 2007)

Completely redeveloped IDM scheduler. Added periodic synchronization of files and the possibility to create new queues for downloading or synchronization. Added new features on starting and stopping queue processing
Improved user interface. Added processing of context menu key, fixed tabbing order on all dialogs, added mnemonic keys to the main menu and the menu of IDM Grabber
New IDM Scheduler announcement

(Report released: Jun 20, 2007)

The new version of IDM will have a completely redeveloped scheduler that can be used for downloading and file synchronization with multiple download queues. Internet Download Manager Scheduler announcement has been published on the official site.

What's new in version 5.09 ?

(Released: Feb 25, 2007)

Completely redeveloped the logic of taking over downloads from all browsers. Fixed erroneous interceptions of the web pages that IDM treated as downloads in the past, for example, it happened in some cases on rapidshare sites
Windows Vista compatibility report

(Report released: Feb 08, 2007)

Internet Download Manager (IDM) has been tested for Windows Vista compatibility. Internet Download Manager and Windows Vista compatibility report has been published on the official site.

Added full compatibility with Windows Vista
Resolved several problems with IE 7
Fixed conflicts of "Advanced browser integration" with Windows Vista, Windows 2003 and with several Internet applications
The logic of click monitoring for IE-based browsers (MSN Explorer, Avant, MyIE, some versions of AOL etc.) was moved from idman process to a separate exe module. This module can be turned on/off in "Options->General"

What's new in version 5.05 ?

(Released: Sep 2, 2006)

Added support for Firefox 2.0 browser
Added a dialog to select from several actions if a duplicate download link was added
Added an icon to download complete dialog to drag and drop downloaded files

What's new in version 5.04 ?

(Released: Aug 2, 2006)

Changed basic browsers integration. Added extensions for Mozilla based browsers (Mozilla Firefox, Flock etc) to take over more downloads from these browsers in a better way than advanced browser integration. Also added "Download with IDM" and "Download All links with IDM" context menu items for these browsers.
The "General" tab in IDM options was divided into "General" and "File Types" tabs for convenience
Added "Open with..." button to "Download complete" dialog and "Open with..." menu item to the context menu of the main IDM window.
New features in Internet Download Manager 5.03

(Released: May 31, 2006)

Added MMS protocol support. MMS links can only be downloaded manually using "Add Url" button or using "Download with IDM" IE right click menu
Changed settings dialog. Split "Downloads" tab to "Downloads" and "Save to". Added the possibility to turn off downloading while showing "Download File Info" dialog
New features in Internet Download Manager 5.02

(Released: Jan 18, 2006)

IDM can fix all rebuild errors and restore a file when its rebuilding process from downloaded parts has been interrupted due to power outages or due to killing/termination of IDM process.
Improved download progress dialog. Now it can be resized and minimized to system tray.
The message box on download completion has been replaced with a download complete dialog that has several useful functions, for example opening a downloaded file folder.
Improved start download dialog. Now you can conveniently select a folder to save a file directly on this dialog.
New features in Internet Download Manager 5.01

(Released: Dec 16, 2005)

Added thumbnails view to IDM Site Grabber.
Added scheduler to IDM Site Grabber. It's possible to schedule multiple grabber projects to run them once at a specified time, stop them at a specified time, or run periodically to synchronize changes.
Added update feature to IDM Site Grabber. It's possible to start exploring a site from the start page again for a project to update the files that have been changed on the server.
New features in Internet Download Manager 5.0

(Released: Nov 25, 2005)

Added the site grabber feature. This feature not only lets you download required files that are specified with filters, for example all pictures from a web site, or all audio files from a web site, but it also lets you download subsets of web sites, or complete web sites for mirroring or offline browsing.
Improved visual appearance and user interface. The toolbar looks better for different XP Visual styles.
Redesigned and enhanced IDM download engine.
New features in Internet Download Manager 4.07

(Released: Sep 12, 2005)

Added batch download feature to download files using wildcards. Select "URL->Add batch download" menu item to use it.
Improved user interface for IDM main dialog, added error status and the ability to use resume button for several selected downloads.
Enhanced user interaface for "Download all with IDM" dialog.
Improved downloading with https protocol.
New features in Internet Download Manager 4.06

(Released: Aug 2, 2005)

Improved the general security of Internet Download Manager.
Fixed buffer overflow bug when taking over downloads with long URLs.
Added authorization dialog in case authorization information don't match.
Improved processing of sites that demand different authorization information.
Added several enhancements to the logic of download engine.
New features in Internet Download Manager 4.05

Improved Integration into Internet Explorer browser.
All link capturing capabilities of advanced browser integration have been included into the basic Internet Explorer Integration. If you use Internet Explorer only, and had problems with advanced browser integration, you can turn off advanced browser integration.
Improved capturing of secure http links in Internet Explorer. Now IDM can take over https downloads that launch indirectly
New featureNew features in Internet Download Manager 4.03

(Released: Dec 7, 2004)

Revised "Download with IDM" feature for Internet Explorer browser. Now IDM gets all necessary request headers from Internet Explorer to take over any downloads. Now users may select a text in Internet Explorer, and pick "Download with IDM" to add all links in the selected text to IDM.
Improved download link capture logic. Now IDM can download from the sites which have a protection from downloading with download managers.
Added download links capture from anti leech plugins.
Added protection from the registry cleaners, optimizers, repairers, etc. which damage Internet Download Manager registry keys.
New features in Internet Download Manager 4.02

(Released: Sep 16, 2004)

Added a feature to customize toolbar look. It's possible to customize toolbar style, buttons order, and the size of toolbar buttons.
Designed new 3D buttons. The default toolbar appearance has changed. Those users, who got used to old style, may get back to Classic style in toolbar customization menu.
IDM has a choice to select from 4 different toolbar looks, download new toolbar skins from home site, or design new skins if you are familiar with graphics design basics.
Optimized download engine for several types of FTP/HTTP servers.
New features in Internet Download Manager 4.01

(Released: Apr 22, 2004)

Added a feature to switch between old browser integration and new browser integration. In a rare case new advanced browser integration caused conflicts with 3rd party Internet applications. In these cases, it's possible to use old basic browser integration.
Improved Download All feature.
Added support for more FTP and HTTP servers that are not RFC compliant
s in Internet Download Manager 4.00

(Released: Apr 2, 2004)

Completely redesigned central download engine. Improved download speed and reliability.
Improved User Interface. Added "Stop queue" and "Start queue" buttons to IDM toolbar. "All Downloads" tree node now expands to all download categories independently on whether they are finished or not.
Totally changed browser integration. IDM takes over any downloads from any browsers.
Added a feature to customize keyboard keys to prevent or to force downloading with Internet Download Manager. This feature should work for any browser now, not in Internet Explorer only as before.
Added the ignore list of sites where Internet Download Manager won't take over downloads.
Improved "Download All" feature. The main window can be resized. It's possible now to choose a path for saving downloads.
Added re-download feature to download complete files again
Added "Open Folder" item in the right click menu.
Added several new methods for FTP proxy authorization
Added a feature to download files from protected websites, including all methods of anti-leech protection
Added a feature not to use proxy servers for specified Internet addresses.
Added a feature to download files larger than 4 GB
New features in Internet Download Manager 3.18

(Released: Oct 28, 2003)

Added "download all links with IDM" feature
Revised IDM help file
New features in Internet Download Manager 3.17

(Released: Sep 29, 2003)

Added a feature to customize columns and the toolbar
Added new columns: Referrer, Last Try Date, Date Added, Save Path
Enhanced connection dialog in IDM options
Added a feature to use single connection
Added a feature to limit max. number of connections for specific servers
Improved appearance, changed icons for download categories
Added a feature to save sizes of columns and dialogs
Added a feature to save sorting order of columns
Improved scheduler. Added multiselection for downloads
Added Mozilla Firebird integration option
New features in Internet Download Manager 3.16

Added HTTPS support
Added a feature to play sounds for different download events
Added more authentication types
Improved download scheduler
New features in Internet Download Manager 3.13

(Released: Mar 03, 2003)

Improved integration with Internet Explorer
Added support for more server platforms
Added a feature to switch focus with TAB key
Added more command line parameters
Optimized UI drawing
New features in Internet Download Manager 3.12

Added MSN Explorer browser integration option
Added Internet Explorer based browser integration option
Added new formats to media content inspection
Added the feature to edit the list of extensions to take over downloads from Netscape, Opera and Mozilla browsers
New features in Internet Download Manager 3.07

(Released: Aug 26, 2002)

Added extraction and accelerated downloading of audio data streams
Added support for more ftp and http server platforms
New features in Internet Download Manager 3.06

(Released: July 18, 2002)

Added import/export of download lists
Added enhancements to download logic optimizer that slightly increased download speed
Added support for more ftp and http server platforms
New features in Internet Download Manager 3.05

Added options to configure download dialog appearance
Added virus checking feature
Changed graphic buttons and appearance
Added a number of features to make your work with IDM more comfortable
New features in Internet Download Manager 3.02

New optimization logic may increase your Internet download speed up to 500% (works best on a shared Internet connection and with the large number of file segments)
Five Operating Systems are supported (95/98/ME/NT/2000)
IDM monitors clipboard for valid URLs
IDM works with cookies and sites/directories that demand authorization
IDM handles different types of download redirections
IDM supports FTP/HTTP proxy servers and the large number of directory listing formats
IDM supports large number of network adapters
Dynamic file segmentation significantly improves file download performance
Automatic optimization of performance related settings
Full reuse of connections that have finished downloading of assigned segments without additional connect and login stages
Selectable timeout time and number of connections to tune IDM to your particular connection type
Optional automatic update if a newer version has become available
Fully integrates to Internet Explorer and Netscape Communicator
What 's NEW in version 3.0 ?

(Released: December 5, 2001)

Added clipboard monitoring for valid URLs
Added support for more FTP and HTTP servers. More listings formats are supported. Protocol implementation been extended to be more reliable and not sensitive to non-standard server responses
Added FTP/HTTP proxy support
What 's NEW in version 2.9 ?

(Released: November 8, 2001)

Added full Windows 2000 support
Added IDMan Quick Update utility
Added support for download redirections
Added IDMan integration to IE file context menu
What 's NEW in version 2.8?

(Released: June 2, 2001)

Added support for cookies and site/directory authorization
Enhanced dynamic segmentation logic to fully reuse Internet connections
IDM has automatic update option and may check for the availability of a newer version once per week. Once a newer version has become available, IDM shows a dialog that describes all new features and suggests updating your current version. You can also download the latest version of IDM using Quick Update tool that comes along with IDM distribution.

Other features include multilingual support, zip preview, download categories, scheduler pro, sounds on different events, HTTPS support, queue processor, html help and tutorial, enhanced virus protection on download completion, progressive downloading with quotas (useful for connections that use some kind of fair access policy or FAP like Direcway, Direct PC, Hughes, etc.), built-in download accelerator, and many others.

Version 6.08 adds IDM download panel for web-players that can be used to download flash videos from sites like YouTube, MySpaceTV, and Google Videos. It also features complete Windows 7 and Vista support, YouTube grabber, redeveloped scheduler, and MMS protocol support. The new version also adds improved integration for IE and IE based browsers, redesigned and enhanced download engine, the unique advanced integration into all latest browsers, improved toolbar, and a wealth of other improvements and new features.

Comments

I've been watching this tool for quite some time, waiting for it to mature as a download manager. It still has a ways to go. It does the job adequately, but certainly isn't the bees-knees of download managers.

This program is paid. It lacks many features of free download managers such as free download manager, download ninja and so on. As such, it is poor value for money when you look at it from that perspective. If you ignore the fact that it's not free then it fares a little better, but if you are going to insist on the product to be paid I personally think you should aim to add value to the product such that it exceeds the free competition in functionality, stability and support.

There were a few niggly things about this tool.

The show stopper for me is that it doesn't AUTOMATICALLY remove completed downloads from the list, and the fact that the connections list can't bet set higher than 32 without adding exceptions.

When I first run the program it told me I was on a dial up connection. I actually have a fibre connection.

One thing I found silly, was that I downloaded and installed the prgoram on the 14th of January. When I looked at about, it told me I had installed the program on the 13th of January. In terms of the trial period it makes no difference, but clearly there are localization issues with the program, and a lack of attention to detail by the programmers.

Bandwidth is finite. You can't use more than you have. This tool, like so many others that make this false claim, does not accelerate your downloads. It simply segments them then re-assembles the segments. If I have a 1mb connection, and I'm using most of that for a unsegmented download, then this program will not speed up my download. I can't exceed my bandwidth.

When I uninstalled the program I selected full. It was disappointing to see that the uninstaller left a broken shortcut on the desktop, and an empty folder in programdata, and several registry entries (apart from the compatability and MRU entries), and required a reboot to "uninstall internet control parameters"

Another setting I couldn't find was the ability to slow downloads automatically when browsing. Such as the feature in FDM. For people on slow internet connections this is a must.

The product has potential. It reminds me in many ways of Getright. It's not there yet, despite the passionate praises of the IDM fanboy's

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